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WILLIAM LEE PETERS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1943 – June 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lee Peters JR, of Ft Dodge, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 107
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- March 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Dodge, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 107
- PHILIP EUGENE NICKERSONCorporal · June 21, 1969
- ROBERT NOZEWSKICorporal · June 21, 1969
- EDWIN PEREZ PAGANSergeant · June 21, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
From Ft Dodge
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · November 1, 1966
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- ROGER LEWIS OLSONHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · August 5, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.